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Posted at 2:58 PM on Jan 10, 2009 by lisamartinez13, #37889
I have severe allergies and cronic sinusitis... like a lot of people on here I have taken all the allergy drugs they make for the past 9 years... Ive had tons of procedures done and sinus surgery last Feb '08. Nothing helps. Ive taken oral steriods many times but recently my new ENT decided to give me a Kenalog shot in Sept. Nothing was explained to me other than it was a steroid. The nurse put it in my left shoulder. I have had all the symptoms people are describing on here except the indent. I have been progressively getting sicker and feeling worse and worse over the past few months. I feel like I could go to bed and just stay there. Now this past Monday he gave me another Kenalog shot in my left shoulder. I heard something on a tv show that it causes depression so I jumped on this site and feel sick about all the messages I have read about people's terrible side effects. I feel like my doctor who I trusted let me down. I am so worried that my shoulder is going to have a big grey dent like everyone is describing on here. I am just so tired of being ill.
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Reply 9 months ago on Feb 10, 2009 by kantionette, #16937

I had a Kenalog shot earlier today in my buttock. I had to beg for the shot after seeing 3 doctors, taking tons of medications including antiobiotics and prednisones and missing lots of from my new job over the last 3 weeks! Kenalog works great and you will not get a dent. I just wished that I could get the doctors to believe me that I needed it in the first place. My former doctor years ago you to inject me with Celestone 1-2x per year, but I think they stop making that drug. I've wasted so much time and money being ill. It is extremely frustrating. They will only give me Kenalog about 2x year, but I need it 4x ayear for severe and chronic sinusitis. I have taken every medicine known to man and manufactured. I also get allergy shots 2xweek. I'm waiting for Xyzal -D to be released because NOTHING helps except the Kenalog. I wish I could be my own doctor and yet NOT abuse the drug. I would save myself a lot of agony, misery, money and heartache. I hate to keep geeting steriods, but I don't know whatelse to do. They have run every kind of test imaginable on me over the years and they can't determine why my resistance is so low nor my suspectibility so great to allergens and cold weather. If you want to communicate again, please e-mail to kantionette@verizon.net. I wish you all the best and if you have any suggestions, please keep me posted. I wish I had gone to medical school to help myself, but I was so sick in college many years ago, that I could never succeed in a high pace, high demanding career like that. I know many people have more serious life-threatening conditions, but this stuff is a MAJOR drag.
Blessings

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